India
Population 2026
1,476,625,571
Overview
- Yearly change
- +0.87%
- Density
- 497 per km²
- Land area
- 2,973,190 km²
- Capital
- New Delhi
- Currency
- Rupee (INR)
- Official languages
- EN-IN, HI, BN, TE
- Urban population
- 35.7%
- Continent
- AS
Demographics
- Births
- 22,988,4602026
- Deaths
- 9,888,2742026
- Birth rate
- 16.0per 1,000
- Death rate
- 6.6per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.96
- Life expectancy
- 72.2At birth, years
- Median age
- 29.2
- Net migration
- -495,753
Age distribution
- 0–1424.2%
- 15–6468.4%
- 65+7.4%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $4.0T
- GDP per capita
- $2.7K
- GDP growth
- +7.6%
- Inflation
- 2.4%
- Unemployment
- 4.2%
- Exports
- $881B
- Imports
- $950B
- Tourism receipts
- 2.8%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture16.2%
- Industry25.2%
- Manufacturing13.5%
- Services49.3%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture41.6%
- Industry25.8%
- Services32.6%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MumbaiMaharashtra | 12,691,8362024 |
| 2 | DelhiDelhi | 11,034,5552024 |
| 3 | BengaluruKarnataka | 8,495,4922025 |
| 4 | HyderabadTelangana | 6,993,2622025 |
| 5 | AhmedabadGujarat | 6,357,6932024 |
| 6 | ChennaiTamil Nadu | 4,681,0872024 |
| 7 | KolkataWest Bengal | 4,631,3922024 |
| 8 | SuratGujarat | 4,591,2462026 |
| 9 | PuneMaharashtra | 3,124,4582025 |
| 10 | JaipurRajasthan | 3,046,1632025 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,476,625,571 | 23.0M | 9.9M |
| 2020 | 1,402,617,694 | 23.5M | 10.1M |
| 2010 | 1,243,481,565 | 26.9M | 8.9M |
| 2000 | 1,057,922,731 | 29.1M | 9.1M |
| 1990 | 864,972,221 | 28.2M | 9.3M |
| 1980 | 687,354,029 | 25.5M | 9.5M |
| 1970 | 545,864,271 | 21.7M | 9.3M |
| 1960 | 435,990,342 | 18.7M | 8.5M |
| 1950 | 346,278,818 | 15.3M | 7.9M |